Hi!
The metadata rules regarding the use of "osu!" in the beatmap source field currently states the following:
It may be quite misleading to use the blanket example of "commissioned tournament tiebreaker tracks" here, especially if we consider that the osu! original page itself clearly states that there are differences between licensed and non-licensed osu! originals.
I believe it doesn't make much sense to include non-licensed osu! community tournament originals under this allowance for using "osu!" in their source fields, as we would then have cases like this currently Qualified song which uses "osu!" as their source field rather than the actual tournament/event name, despite not being licensed as an FA track.
Hence, I would like to propose the following changes to the paragraph:
I think this would allow for a clearer distinction between songs that were actually licensed for osu!, and those that were just commissioned for community tournaments without FA licensing.
The metadata rules regarding the use of "osu!" in the beatmap source field currently states the following:
osu! itself should never be used in the source field except in cases where the track was specifically created for osu! (also known as an osu! original), such as commissioned tournament tiebreaker tracks.
It may be quite misleading to use the blanket example of "commissioned tournament tiebreaker tracks" here, especially if we consider that the osu! original page itself clearly states that there are differences between licensed and non-licensed osu! originals.
I believe it doesn't make much sense to include non-licensed osu! community tournament originals under this allowance for using "osu!" in their source fields, as we would then have cases like this currently Qualified song which uses "osu!" as their source field rather than the actual tournament/event name, despite not being licensed as an FA track.
Hence, I would like to propose the following changes to the paragraph:
osu! itself should never be used in the source field except in cases where the track was specifically created and licensed for osu!. This is commonly distinguished by the ORIGINAL label on their respective featured artists' pages.
I think this would allow for a clearer distinction between songs that were actually licensed for osu!, and those that were just commissioned for community tournaments without FA licensing.